DKs CC Scrabble [Winner: got tonkaed]

[Dukasaur]

rmjw10 wrote:I want to challenge for S

Okay, there are two S's. Are you challenging Ir1sh Ace or SirSebstar?

Irish Ace

Okay, Irish Ace for an S.

[Dukasaur]

I have looked at this and cannot see a better word i can make. Will I still challenge or just leave it as it is?

You can leave it if you wish to, that's fine.

[SirSebstar]

I wish to challange chapcrap for an: N

[Gilligan]

Protected: M P A I E O O (Two Os as free vowels)
Unprotected: U U A A

Do Bingos count towards totals?

G

You do not need to protect free vowels.

I will tentatively make your protected list M P A I E U A and offer up U and A for challenge. Let me know ASAP if this is not acceptable.

Ahh, okay. I'll leave two Us unprotected then

G

[Dukasaur]

You do not need to protect free vowels.

I will tentatively make your protected list M P A I E U A and offer up U and A for challenge. Let me know ASAP if this is not acceptable.

Ahh, okay. I'll leave two Us unprotected then

G

Okay, correcting the list then:

These are the letters available for challenge.

U.................xman5151
N.................ckyrias
NL................chapcrap
IU.................got tonkaed
S..................Ir1sh Ace
TG................qwertylpc
UU................Gilligan
PFSTEKYEMBW..DJENRE (now played by SirSebstar)

[xSekirei]

I'll challenge SitSebstar for a K and Irish for a S

[Dukasaur]

I'll challenge SitSebstar for a K and Irish for a S

Thank you.

[DoomYoshi]

Challenging for an L against chapcrap.

Minor Point: the total number of letters in a word is still capped at 7?

[Dukasaur]

Challenging for an L against chapcrap.

Minor Point: the total number of letters in a word is still capped at 7?

Yes.

[Dukasaur]

Ok, rmjw and xSek both want to challenge Irish for his S. xSek's challenge outrank's rmjw's, so it will be xSek. However, Sebstar also has an S available, so just to save time I will just transfer rmjw's challenge to Sebstar. Dazza doesn't want to challenge at all, and DoomYoshi goes for chapcrap's L. So we're just waiting for Hannibal to decide.

[Dukasaur]

Current Status:

1. Still waiting for Hannibal 19 to announce whether he is making a challenge or not. I guess it won't kill us to wait another 12 hours or so.

2. Four challenges have been issued:

1. xSekirei vs. SirSebstar for K
2. xSekirei vs. Ir1sh Ace for S
3. rmjw10 vs. SirSebstar for S (was originally vs. Ir1sh, but xSekirei's challenge displaced it.)
4. DoomYoshi vs. chapcrap for L

I need to hear from Ir1sh and chapcrap about what map they are defending on.

SirSebstar has named the maps he will defend on: Stalingrad for the S and King's Court for the K. I'll make those games now.

[Dukasaur]

From PM:

You are being challenged for your L. On what map will you defend?

(Must be a map beginning with L, of course)

Luxembourg

[IR1SH ACE]

ok I am been challenged to my S

Scotland......please

[Dukasaur]

All first-challenge games have been created.

Game 9007940 xSekirei vs Ir1sh Ace
Game 9007347 DoomYoshi vs chapcrap
Game 9007136 xSekirei vs SirSebstar
Game 9007130 rmjw10 vs SirSebstar

[DoomYoshi]

I won my challenge and am proud to present the word WAFFLES as the benchmark word.

[Dukasaur]

I won my challenge and am proud to present the word WAFFLES as the benchmark word.

It is a very nice word. You may be able to improve it still if we have a second challenge round.

[Dukasaur]

The first round of challenges is well underway. Here's the list of games if anyone wants to watch.

Now, unless there are strong objections, we will have a second round of challenges. In this round anyone can make a challenge, even if they have seven letters already. However, only letters that were already challengeable can be challenged. Nobody can touch your protected list, or your two free vowels, or any letters that you won in the first round of challenges.

Also, since this second round wasn't in the originally published rules, and is something I added later, I am naturally vulnerable to arguments that there has been too much tinkering with the rules, and it should be dropped. If there is an upswelling of objections to having a second round of challenges, I will drop the idea.

If there are no objections, please go ahead and post your challenges.

[Dukasaur]

from PM:

i dont have any chance for win this tournament so if i dont need to make challenge i want do it is that ok

That's fine. It's your choice.

[SirSebstar]

Dakusaur, I need to see how the games are going. I need an S more then I need an N. But i am in trouble either way....
both games are not looking too good at the moment...

[Gilligan]

Do the phases repeat themselves? Or is it whoever gets the best word this time wins?

G

[SirSebstar]

Do the phases repeat themselves? Or is it whoever gets the best word this time wins?

G

good question,
as i gather this second phase is the final phase...

[Dukasaur]

Do the phases repeat themselves? Or is it whoever gets the best word this time wins?

G

If there is a second round of challenges, it would be the last.

After that the best word wins.

If not, then the best word wins right now.

[Gilligan]

Gotcha. Well my word is "Ipomoea".

G

[Dukasaur]

Dakusaur, I need to see how the games are going. I need an S more then I need an N. But i am in trouble either way....
both games are not looking too good at the moment...

I won't be doing any further updating until Saturday, so you have plenty of time to decide.

Good luck!


To everyone else: if you intend to make a challenge in the second round, please post it by noon Saturday. On the other hand, if you object to there being a second challenge round, please post your objection by noon Saturday. On the third hand, if you see yourself getting challenged, please save me a step by deciding ahead of time what map you wish to defend on, and post it by noon Saturday.

Saturday afternoon I will hope to create any challenge games (if required.)

[TheKidsTrumpet]

I'm not sure what time zone you are in for noon. It's before noon here still. How many challenges am I allowed to pose? Can we get updated list on available letters? Last i saw Y and W were still free and i would like to challenge for those. But if we can make more I would want to challenge for K, F or T. Let me know the status.

UPDATE: First and foremost I would like to challenge Y and W, if more challenges are allowed i would like to challenge for B and K